his page includes various files that contain macros which allow you to download data from various websites. It is for people like me who cannot afford Bloomberg. These files and macros include links to websites that are used to retrive date. Once the data is retrieved, it is organized in different ways that perform the financial analysis. The files contain links, eliminate pictures and then put the data in separate sheets for evaluation. The websites used include sites that include financial data and economic data.
Explanation of How to Download Data from Internet into Excel
This file explains how you can find a URL that allows you to download a spreadsheet and then create a system to directly download the data into excel. The file shows how you can then create VBA code to directly download different files into an excel sheet. The commands used are the WORKBOOKS.OPEN command in VBA and a system to understand the URL.
This is one of the neat things that can be done with the internet. When you open the file, you can look at the macro and see how the process works. This approach can get a worksheet file from the internet and immediately use the data. The tools used are the OFFSET command, a MACRO that downloads the file, and the INDIRECT command.
Download Financial Ratios
The first file downloads financial raitos including P/E, EV/EBITDA, M/B ratios and various stock price, estimated growth and financial data. The file can be used by entering ticker symbols and then going to the menu page to download the data. I use the file for cost of capital analysis and for development of multiples. When trying this model, I suggest that you first try it with one file and then work with a few companies and you clear out the existing data by pressing the clear button. The source of most of the data is finance.yahoo.com
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Download Files that Retrieve and Analyse Data
his page includes various files that contain macros which allow you to download data from various websites. It is for people like me who cannot afford Bloomberg. These files and macros include links to websites that are used to retrive date. Once the data is retrieved, it is organized in different ways that perform the financial analysis. The files contain links, eliminate pictures and then put the data in separate sheets for evaluation. The websites used include sites that include financial data and economic data.
Explanation of How to Download Data from Internet into Excel
This file explains how you can find a URL that allows you to download a spreadsheet and then create a system to directly download the data into excel. The file shows how you can then create VBA code to directly download different files into an excel sheet. The commands used are the WORKBOOKS.OPEN command in VBA and a system to understand the URL.
Download Stock Prices and Compute Beta
This is one of the neat things that can be done with the internet. When you open the file, you can look at the macro and see how the process works. This approach can get a worksheet file from the internet and immediately use the data. The tools used are the OFFSET command, a MACRO that downloads the file, and the INDIRECT command.
Download Financial Ratios
The first file downloads financial raitos including P/E, EV/EBITDA, M/B ratios and various stock price, estimated growth and financial data. The file can be used by entering ticker symbols and then going to the menu page to download the data. I use the file for cost of capital analysis and for development of multiples. When trying this model, I suggest that you first try it with one file and then work with a few companies and you clear out the existing data by pressing the clear button. The source of most of the data is finance.yahoo.com
File that downloads oil, natural gas, inflation rates for analysis of commodity prices
File that downloads interest rates, inflation rates etc.
File that downloads historic financial data for companies.